Diagnostic interval and mortality in colorectal cancer: U-shaped association demonstrated for three different datasets

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 669-678

  Tørring, Marie Louise ^a   Frydenberg, Morten ^a   Hamilton, William ^b   Hansen, Rikke P ^a   Lautrup, Marianne D ^c   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bias; Colorectal cancer; Delayed diagnosis; Mortality; Primary health care; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENMARK; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860239917     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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